Scottish Red Deer. 
No. 17. 
No. 17. 
Lent by : Sir Charles H. A. F. L. Ross, Bart. 
On the skull is written : " Killed by a poacher." 
Locality : Deanich, Ross-shire. 
Date : Circa 1840. 
No. of Points : 7 + 10. 
Length : 31 inches. 
Beam : 4-i- inches. 
Inside Span : 29I inches. 
Outside Spread : 40 inches. 
Remarks : This head was given to Lord Castlereagh 
in 1844 by J. Hay Mackenzie of Cromartie. Sir 
Charles Ross writes : " One of the crofters 
wounded the stag at the back of Deanich Lodge 
and it ran down and bayed in the pool by the 
lodge ; then the crofter, the Deanich keeper 
and his boys all finished it off together." The 
head was in Lord Powerscourt' s collection at 
one time, and has often been described as the 
" Rhiddoroch " head. The abnormal brows 
measure: Right, 17 inches; left, 17! inches. 
No. 18. 
Lent by : Mrs. Edward Ross. 
Shot by : The late Edward Ross. 
Locality : Dibiedale, Ross-shire. 
Date : 1857. 
No. of Points : 6 + 6. 
Length : 32^ inches. 
Beam : 5 inches. 
Inside Span : 31^ inches. 
Remarks : This stag was sought for eight seasons 
and was called the Big Stag of Corrie Valigan. 
Known to be over twenty years old, he was killed 
by Edward Ross when the latter was sixteen 
years of age. 
